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    The document provides safety instructions for using a sewing machine. It lists 8 rules including tucking cords safely away without excessive pulling, keeping the foot pedal flat on the floor and not kicking or dropping it, keeping fingers on either side of the fabric and never in the needle's path, allowing the feed dog to pull the fabric through and not pushing or pulling it, removing pins before they go under the presser foot and not sewing over them, sewing at a slow and comfortable speed, resting your foot on the ground when not sewing and powering off the machine when not in use, and having one person per machine. It also lists additional rules like not forcing the machine if there is resistance, stopping immediately if something seems wrong,

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    The document provides safety instructions for using a sewing machine. It lists 8 rules including tucking cords safely away without excessive pulling, keeping the foot pedal flat on the floor and not kicking or dropping it, keeping fingers on either side of the fabric and never in the needle's path, allowing the feed dog to pull the fabric through and not pushing or pulling it, removing pins before they go under the presser foot and not sewing over them, sewing at a slow and comfortable speed, resting your foot on the ground when not sewing and powering off the machine when not in use, and having one person per machine. It also lists additional rules like not forcing the machine if there is resistance, stopping immediately if something seems wrong,

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    Machine Safety

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    The document provides safety instructions for using a sewing machine. It lists 8 rules including tucking cords safely away without excessive pulling, keeping the foot pedal flat on the floor and not kicking or dropping it, keeping fingers on either side of the fabric and never in the needle's path, allowing the feed dog to pull the fabric through and not pushing or pulling it, removing pins before they go under the presser foot and not sewing over them, sewing at a slow and comfortable speed, resting your foot on the ground when not sewing and powering off the machine when not in use, and having one person per machine. It also lists additional rules like not forcing the machine if there is resistance, stopping immediately if something seems wrong,

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    SEWING MACHINE

    SAFETY
    TEXTILES 8-12 | MS. LOWE
    1. TUCK CORDS SAFELY AWAY.
    DO NOT EXCESSIVELY PULL
    ON THEM!

    Through the hole in the


    table, then down to the
    nearest outlet.
    Warning: Don’t
    stretch the cord
    across someone’s
    workspace!
    2. KEEP THE FOOT PEDAL FLAT ON THE FLOOR.
    DO NOT KICK OR DROP THE PEDAL.

    Note: Pedals
    break easily—
    please be
    extra careful!

    Large end of pedal should


    face away from you
    3. KEEP FINGERS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FABRIC/
    PRESSER FOOT, NEVER IN THE NEEDLE’S PATH!

    Use both hands to guide the fabric


    4. ALLOW THE FEED DOG TO PULL THE FABRIC
    THROUGH. DO NOT PUSH OR PULL.
    5. REMOVE PINS BEFORE THEY GO UNDER THE
    PRESSER FOOT. DO NOT SEW OVER THEM!
    6. SEW AT A SLOW, COMFORTABLE SPEED.

    7. REST YOUR FOOT ON THE GROUND,


    NOT THE PEDAL, WHEN YOU’RE NOT
    SEWING. POWER OFF THE MACHINE
    WHEN NOT IN USE.

    8. ONE PERSON PER


    MACHINE.
    ADDITIONAL RULES
    • Never try to force the machine if there is
    any resistance when sewing. Stop sewing
    immediately if you think something’s
    wrong.
    • Do not sew if there is no teacher to
    supervise.
    • Hang up your pedal at the end of class
    (so custodians can clean floor)

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